You Did it Sumire!

First Day

If class starts at 7:00, it means sumire had to leave her apartment by 6:00, which means she has to get up at atleast 5:00. So, she did wake up at 5:00, took a bath, ate her breakfast, packed her lunch, some leftover fried rice and walked out after locking the door. At sharp 6:25 she reached the university auditorium and Suna san.

"Good morning, Suna san"

"Good morning, Yamashita san. Why are you so early here?"

"Oh, my classes start at 7:00. What about you?

"Volleyball practice starts at 7:00, my classes are from 10:00 though"

"Oh okay. I will take my leave then, see you in the evening suna san"

"See you"

She reached her class at 6:45 am sharp and sat in the third row near the window and waited for Suzuki san. Students started coming in and Sumire smiled when she made eye contact with any of them. They all seemed nice and friendly and Sumire was glad about it. Soon Ms. Aikawa entered, she would be teaching the first class- Introduction to Psychology. Ms. Aikawa first told us about the syllabus and credits. During the lecture, Suzuki-san arrived a bit late, causing a momentary silence in the class. Ms. Aikawa allowed her to enter but cautioned her sternly about punctuality for future classes. Suzuki-san apologized and gratefully took her seat next to Sumire, smiling sheepishly.

The classes went well, and we even got our first assignment which was a presentation. Ms. Aikawa knew we don't know much about the subject, so we were free to choose any topic given it was related to psychology. Sumire already knew her topic- Emotions: it was the reason why she chose psychology, she wanted to explore more, read more about the same. In lunch break Sumire sat alone near her department as Suzuki san went to eat with her friend who is from management (1st year). They met online through Farswan university group that has all students at this university. Suzuki san looked really happy while talking about this management guy. Anyways after lunch Sumire decided to go to library to work for her presentation. Thankfully she had her laptop with her. On the way she also texted Kita san: Hope your day is going well. My classes are over, so I am going to library. When you reach the gym, please let me know"

Soon kita san replied: my claases will be over by 2, after than i will come to library and we can leave for the gym at 5:30 if it's okay with you?

Sumire: Yes, it's alright see you soon Kita san, I will be on the first floor near the literature books section

Kita san: Okay. See you soon.

The library was beautiful with separate cubical sections for students, air-conditioned reading rooms, Wi-Fi, computers, journals, and even a coffee machine. Sumire sat at the corner most seat and put on some lo-fi music while working on her presentation, she wanted to find out why different individuals have different

emotional reactions to same situation and was engrossed in her work. She didn't even realise when Kita san come and in the next cubical. After working continuously for an hour or so she finally rose her head and checked the time, it was already 4. Just then smell of coffee hit her nose and she saw a coffee cup sitting on her desk, Sumire looked around and found Kita san also drinking coffee. She knocked on his cubical catching his attention.

"Thank you so much for the coffee, Kita san, I really needed it."

Kita san nodded before asking "what are you working on?"

"We got a project on the first day, we are to present it on Friday so i decided to get a head start"

"that's nice, keep up the good work. I will also get back to reading"

Sumire smiled at him and got back to making her presentation.

When it was 5:15, she closed her laptop, cleaned her desk and waited for 5:30. Kita san knocked on her cubical and asked if she was ready to go.

Both of them liked to be on time so they reached the gym at 5:45pm. Suna san was already waiting at the door, and he kept me company when Kita san went to change. There were more than 30 students who came for try-outs but Kita san looked completely calm, but Sumire was nervous for him. Soon the coach whistled and Suna san went to his teammates. The try-outs would start any minute.